I was making my grid areas way too complicated for no reason

I was building a product page for a client in Austin and had like 15 named grid areas for a simple 3 column layout. My coworker looked at my code and just said 'Why not use line numbers?'. I swapped to grid-column: 1 / 4 and grid-row: 2 / 3 for everything and cut the CSS file size by almost 40%. Has anyone else ditched named areas for simpler projects?

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terry_hayes181mo ago

Honestly that's everywhere, right? We add layers of complexity before trying the simple fix. I'll spend twenty minutes looking for a specific kitchen tool when the big spoon next to the sink would work fine. Or I see people set up five different apps to manage their day when a piece of paper on the fridge does the job. We just assume the advanced option is better.

brown.susan1mo ago

Okay but calling it "layers of complexity" makes it sound like some big life problem. It's just looking for a spoon. Most of the time it's a tiny waste of a few minutes, not a real issue. We like our specific tools and fancy apps because they feel good to use, not because we're making some deep mistake. It's harmless.

hart.zara3d ago

Yeah but that's how we end up with ten apps for one simple task.